Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship but the loneliness of…

Sylvia Plath
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Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.31, Anchor
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Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.31, Anchor

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